Machakos County | |
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 Road in Machakos County showing the landscape | |
 Flag | |
| Motto: "the Place to be" | |
 Location in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 01°14′S 37°23′E / 1.233°S 37.383°E | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| Formed | 4 March 2013 |
| Capital | Machakos |
| Other towns | |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Wavinya Ndeti |
| Area | |
• County | 6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,138 m (3,734 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• County | 1,421,932 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 150,041 |
| GDP (PPP) | |
| • GDP |  $8.809 billion (6th)(2022)[1] |
| • Per Capita | $5,985 (2022) (7th) |
| GDP (NOMINAL) | |
| • GDP | $3.235 billion (2022) (6th) |
| • Per Capita | $2,197 (2022) (7th) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
| Website | [1] |
Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. The country's first administrative headquarters are in Machakos Town, which is the largest town in the county. The county had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. The county borders Nairobi and Kiambu counties to the west, Embu to the north, Kitui to the east, Makueni to the south, Kajiado to the south west, and Muranga and Kirinyaga to the north west.